Deliveries From U.S. Shipyards Since 1987 ~ Shipbuilding History

Deliveries From U.S. Shipyards Since 1987

Most recent update: April 30, 2021

The table below summarizes annual deliveries of commercial and governmental ships, boats and barges from U.S. shipyards over the past 30 years. Most of the data were extracted from the US Coast Guard's PSIX database but the figures have been edited a little, to add the first three columns, to remove duplications and foreign-built vessels, and to correct a few misclassifications. The results are more significant for larger vessels than for smaller ones: the "passenger vessels" category is particularly misleading in that it includes very large numbers of very small boats, and the "all other commercial vessels" category includes a wide variety of odds and ends, some of which are not significant examples of our industry's output. In addition, there are many small vessels built for a multitude of federal, state and local government agencies that are not included in these statistics, because they do not have to be registered with the Coast Guard

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Year	US Navy	USCG, Army, NOAA, etc.	S/T, Naval Vessels	Tankers and cargo Ships	Offshore Drilling Rigs	Offshore Service Vessels	Towing Vessels	Passenger Vessels	Fishing Vessels	All Other Comm'l. Vessels	S/T, Comm'l. Vessels	Tank Barges > 5000 GT	Freighter Barges > 5000 GT	Tank Barges < 5000 GT	Freighter Barges < 5000 GT	S/T, Barges	Total, All US-Built Vessels
1987	14	11	25	4	0	0	26	372	885	183	1,470	3	0	5	105	113	1,608
1988	8	18	26	0	0	0	27	359	789	151	1,326	0	0	3	281	284	1,636
1989	21	11	32	0	0	4	33	354	708	135	1,234	1	2	21	447	471	1,737
1990	15	13	28	0	0	7	36	406	885	46	1,380	0	2	59	630	691	2,099
1991	15	11	26	0	0	18	38	294	500	59	909	0	1	116	452	569	1,504
1992	17	2	19	3	3	4	46	287	432	51	826	0	1	95	644	740	1,585
1993	24	1	25	0	4	2	38	288	442	157	931	4	2	107	447	560	1,516
1994	27	2	29	1	7	3	37	329	465	77	919	0	4	66	403	473	1,421
1995	22	2	24	0	1	6	47	342	500	44	940	3	5	118	505	631	1,595
1996	15	0	15	0	0	7	57	329	500	33	926	2	4	155	996	1,157	2,098
1997	10	5	15	1	0	29	58	335	456	49	928	2	4	98	1,529	1,633	2,576
1998	14	7	21	5	8	63	77	347	430	59	989	2	7	99	900	1,008	2,018
1999	6	15	21	2	6	64	92	421	458	38	1,081	3	7	103	851	964	2,066
2000	7	14	21	1	2	26	72	359	512	89	1,061	0	1	95	775	871	1,953
2001	9	13	22	1	1	29	63	338	552	84	1,068	1	3	118	609	731	1,821
2002	7	12	19	1	3	42	73	283	421	69	892	11	2	87	672	772	1,683
2003	5	2	7	4	1	36	60	328	336	96	861	11	0	94	217	322	1,190
2004	5	6	11	3	4	39	73	268	258	82	727	9	4	128	427	568	1,306
2005	4	15	19	4	1	27	70	270	233	45	650	6	1	177	219	403	1,072
2006	7	3	10	4	1	26	94	253	173	43	594	10	3	123	672	808	1,412
2007	5	4	9	3	3	51	121	206	132	73	589	15	2	236	846	1,099	1,697
2008	8	7	15	3	4	51	165	181	85	69	558	15	4	263	934	1,216	1,789
2009	8	4	12	6	1	56	133	128	54	94	472	11	4	216	680	911	1,395
2010	5	1	6	5	5	38	81	116	64	101	410	10	4	141	861	1,016	1,432
2011	6	2	8	1	2	21	110	128	112	65	439	6	0	185	1,053	1,244	1,691
2012	9	0	9	2	0	28	119	137	133	41	460	1	1	272	1,049	1,323	1,792
2013	5	1	6	1	1	44	105	177	138	57	523	2	4	327	593	926	1,455
2014	5	5	10	1	1	52	114	172	124	51	515	2	0	343	612	957	1,482
2015	6	6	12	6	0	43	122	163	155	77	566	7	0	268	940	1,215	1,803
2016	11	6	17	10	1	21	110	192	121	56	511	9	2	117	985	1,113	1,641
2017	8	5	13	5	0	9	104	272	152	50	578	8	2	96	371	477	1,099
2018	11	6	17	3	0	6	94	303	148	51	605	7	0	101	270	378	1,000
2019	7	6	13	1	0	5	110	302	118	53	589	0	0	180	233	413	1,015
2020	8	7	15	2	0	1	124	198	82	62	469	4	1	216	407	628	1,112
Totals	354	223	577	82	60	858	2,630	9,237	11,553	2,490	26,920	165	77	4,149	20,369	25,967	53,464
Avges	11	7	18	2	2	27	80	272	340	73	796	5	2	122	599	728	1,542